PLANTS Profile for Carex caroliniana (Carolina sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex caroliniana Schwein.
Carolina sedge

Symbol:

CACA15

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Carex caroliniana Schwein.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 414. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex caroliniana Schwein.

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Distribution:
Carex caroliniana Schwein.


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Related Taxa:
Carex caroliniana Schwein.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex caroliniana Schwein.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Carex L. – sedge
Species	Carex caroliniana Schwein. – Carolina sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex caroliniana Schwein.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Carolina sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Carex caroliniana Schwein.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,OBL

FACU

FACW

FAC

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex caroliniana Schwein.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39382.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:21 PM CST